Science Fiction :)

A new academy opens for the ability-users and a dark twist puts the students in a game of critical thinking and mind manipulation. Serena who becomes a threat to two dividing factions slowly uncovers the truth, but her own secrets also starts to show. Will she be able to play the right cards or will her bet be too high that it now requires life? Welcome to the game of cards and life! Blackjack officially starts at your admission. [Book Cover: Whoisshe]

VOLUME 1 Eivel L. Leoda was known as a genius. However, it seems like solving riddles and questions in real life won't help her solve her personal problems. Instead, playing a game would help her achieve her goals. But rather than making a character to play, she didn't think that she herself will be a player inside the game. Escaping reality to enter the virtual world, from aiming to be a top student to a top player. With no background about games, and with just her knowledge, will she be able to complete the game challenges and achieve her goal? ∆∆∆ It's all fun and games. Until the game became a reality. Don't trust your eyes, Everyone is in disguise. Each one of you is a player, Let's play the Game of Life. Let's start the game.

In the near dystopian future where the population has blown up, women and the poor are more oppressed, and those with positions who abuse their power remain unscathed, a girl called Sunny wants nothing more than to break the vicious system. But how can she do this if all they can do is run for their lives? *** In the year 2070, impulsive, tactless, and hardheaded Sonia "Sunny" Gallego enters the First Ward Academy with a goal in mind: get an important position at the Capital and break the rotten system. She abhors that women and the poor are oppressed yet again, and those in positions of power are still abusing their authorities, only now coupled with advanced technology. With royal face-offs, ultimate meat researches, past secrets, and family revelations coming her way, she learns that what she has in mind is not an easy task. Will she be able to break the system or will she be a part of it? "Life is a race," they say, "so run for your life!" DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano"

She can see the future, her name is Jill Morie. They are Peculiars, they exist. And this is their tale. ***** Jill Morie, the girl who can see the future, never wants her power and believes that every event in the universe is already determined. Until one day, she decided to interfere with fate to compensate for her guilt. And this is the beginning of her quest. She then discovered that there are other beings like her who have exceptional abilities and a secret organization called 'Memoire' who hunts them down. -- THE PECULIARS' TALE (Wattys 2015 Winner) Genre: Scifi, Action, Young Adult, Mystery-Thriller Status: Completed

Online Game# 2: MILAN X DION

Rogue Wars Online (RWO) is an all-out action-adventure game that invites the top streamers, pro-gamers, and even newbies in their official beta-testing program. The harmless game takes a dark turn when the player's lives are on the line. When their past and uncertainty is challenged as the game progresses, the players must choose between morality or survival. Frienships are tested. Enemies are understood. Beware of your surroundings because someone may stab you unnoticed. This is a war for the rogues and the hunters, not for heroes and villains. This is a bloodfield, not a battlefield. ▪R o g u e W a r s O n l i n E ▪ The book cover was made by guestzero.

Online Game# 1: DANI X RAYDIN

ONE APP. ONE CHANCE ENCOUNTER. TWO HEARTS DRAWN TOGETHER. As if willed by fate, college students Elrond and Elora found themselves connected to each other through Alter-a rising dating app in their generation. Elrond, the Civil Engineering student with a gamer's heart, never intended to find love online. But when he downloaded the infamous dating app called Alter, he was instantly matched to Elora, a Literature major student with an introverted spirit. What started as a harmless online chat will soon turn into an undeniable connection that will take them to the discovery of the mysteries that surround them and within Alter. But when their realities were not what they seemed to be, will they be brave enough to risk it all for the sake of love? *** Against Alter by AnakniRizal & Nininininaaa

How do you survive in a world full of chaos? How do you survive in a city filled with disappointed gazes? How do you survive in a place swarming with people looking down on you? I was lucky enough to be saved from the dangers looming outside this city, but why do I feel more suffocated by the safety they offered? ------------------------- Being one of the very few Gifted people in Deathstone City, Raya was hailed as the future savior of the forlorn place. As a person who naturally awakened at the age of 8, she was given both the best and worst treatment inside the Sidus Labyrinth, the Headquarters overseeing the safety and progress of the city. However, as time passed by, with no signs of advancement in her ability, she was considered a forgotten gem. How will she adjust to being just a "normal" gifted, now that she has also been 'demoted' from being a Quester to being a Pathfinder?

When tuning in to the parallel world seems to be the only way to explain Liz's sudden disappearance, high school students Maxx, Zero and Axes try everything they could to bring her back. But the more they try to make things work, the more they realize that things aren't as simple as they seem. *** Maxx, Zero and Axes are three typical seventeen-year-old high school students who discovered a way to get into the parallel world. Wanting to find their friend Liz who suddenly disappeared two years ago, they attempt to tune in to the parallel world to try and get her back. Just when they thought they are getting everything under control, their situation becomes more complicated than they have ever imagined. Scientists trap and use them to open up the portal to the other world while secrets and lies continue to muddle their already problematic relationship. Unsure of whom and what to believe in anymore, will the three of them be able to achieve their goals and tune out in time? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela